Rapid top-down regulation of plant C:N:P stoichiometry by grasshoppers in an Inner Mongolia grassland ecosystem

Oecologia

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 253-264

  Zhang, Guangming ^a,b   Han, Xingguo ^a   Elser, James J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grasshopper outbreak; Herbivory; Nutrient cycling; Steppe; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOMASS; CARBON; DOMINANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; GRASSHOPPER; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; LITTERFALL; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL TYPE; STEPPE; STOICHIOMETRY; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; MALE; MONGOLIA; NITROGEN CYCLE; PLANT; SOIL;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; MONGOLIA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS; SOIL;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

OEDALEUS DECORUS ASIATICUS;

EID: 79954416151     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-1904-5     Document Type: Article

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